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LG Polls 2025: Only a single X allowed on ballot paper

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Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake stated yesterday (May 04) that voters at the upcoming Local Government (LG) elections must mark only one cross (X) in the empty box next to the symbol of their chosen political party or independent group.

He emphasized that any writing, drawing, or additional markings outside the single cross in the designated box – such as names, lines, or other symbols – will result in the vote being rejected.

He also noted that separate ballot papers are being printed for each Local Government body for this election, and all assigned officials are required to report to their designated locations.

Meanwhile, Ratnayake stated that voters who have not yet received their official polling cards for the 2025 LG Elections can collect them from the relevant post offices or download them from the Election Commission’s website. He added that even without a polling card, voters can cast their vote by presenting a valid document of identification at their polling station.

The Election Commission Chairman said that all preparations have been made for the Local Government Election on Tuesday and after voting ends vote counting will take place at ward level, with most wards having one polling station and a few larger ones having multiple.

Voting will be held on Tuesday from 7.00am – 4.00 pm to elect members for 339 Local Government bodies across the country. A total of 17,156,338 registered voters are eligible to cast their ballots, with 75,589 candidates contesting from various political parties and independent groups.

මේපාර ඡන්දයට ඕන කතිරය විතරයි

මේපාර ඡන්දයට ඕන කතිරය විතරයි – මැ.කෝ. පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණයේදී ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකාවේ දේශපාලන පක්‍ෂය හෝ ස්වාධීන කණ්ඩායමේ නම් ඉදිරියෙන් මුද්‍රණය කර ඇති සලකුණ ඉදිරියේ තිබෙන හිස් කොටුවේ කතිර සළකුණ ලකුණු කිරීම පමණක් කළ යුතු බව මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති ආර්.එම්.ඒ.එල්. රත්නායක මහතා ඊයේ (04) පැවසීය.හිස් කොටුවේ තනි කතිරකින් පමණක් ඡන්දය ප්‍රකාශ කළ යුතු බවත් ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකාවේ යමක් ලිවීම, ඇදීම, නමක් ලිවීම, කුරුටුගෑම හෝ වෙනත් කිසිඳු ආකාරයේ සටහන් දැමීම ඡන්දය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප වන බවත් ඒ මහතා කීය.මෙවර මැතිවරණයේදී එක් එක් පළාත් පාලන ආයතනය වෙනුවෙන් වෙන් වෙන් වශයෙන් ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකා මුද්‍රණය කර ඇති බව කී ඒ මහතා මැතිවරණ රාජකාරිය අත්‍යවශ්‍ය රාජකාරියක් වීම නිසා නියමිත නිලධාරීන්ට, නියමිත ස්ථානයට වාර්තා කිරීම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය බව ද සඳහන් කළේය.මෙතෙක් නිල ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකා නොලැබුණු යම් ඡන්දදායකයෙක් සිටී නම් ඡන්දය දින දක්වා තමන්ට ලියුම් බෙදන තැපැල් කාර්යාලයෙන් ලබාගත හැකි බවත් නිල ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකාව මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ නිල වෙබ් අඩවියෙන් බාගතකළ හැකි අතර ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකාව නොමැතිව වුවද ඡන්ද මාධ්‍යස්ථානයට ගොස් අවලංගු අනන්‍යතා පත්‍රයක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඡන්දය පාවිච්චි කළ හැකි බවත් සභාපතිවරයා කීය. #lka #SriLanka #LGPolls2025

Posted by Sri Lanka Mirror on Sunday, May 4, 2025

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8,742 Vesak Dansals registered islandwide

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The Public Health Inspectors (PHI)’s Union states that a total of 8,742 Dansals have been registered islandwide, in line with Vesak celebrations this year.

According to the PHI’s Union chairman – Upul Rohana,  the highest number of ‘Dansal’ is registered in the Western Province, particularly in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area.

The union has also urged organiser to reduce the use of polythene and plastic during food distribution efforts.

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Financial assistance from President’s Fund for Gerandi Ella bus accident victims

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A sum of Rs. 1 million from the President’s Fund will be granted for each individual who lost their life in the Kotmale bus accident, the President’s Media Division states.

President Anura Kumara Disanayake has directed that a sum of Rs. 1 million be granted from the President’s Fund to each individual who lost their life in the tragic bus accident that occurred early this morning (11) in the Garadiella area,  Kotmale.

Accordingly, arrangements have been made to promptly disburse these funds to the next of kin of the deceased through the President’s Fund.

In addition to this assistance, compensation will also be provided to the affected families through the Sri Lanka Transport Board and relevant insurance schemes.

Meanwhile, authorities continue to investigate the cause of the accident, which has claimed 22 lives so far.

(Pic : Accident1st)

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Maxwell gets 5-yr. ban

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Former Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) Maxwell de Silva was handed a five-year ban, sources revealed.

Earlier, De Silva was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Ministry of Sports due to various irregularities committed by him over several years.

Accordingly, the NOCSL Executive Committee decided to hand down a five-year ban on De Silva, considering the recommendations made by the NOCSL Ethics Committee, NOCSL President Suresh Subramaniam told the Daily Mirror.

Subramaniam further stated that the penalty on De Silva has already been communicated in writing to the IOC.

Accordingly, the former secretary, who has been banned for five years, is now completely prohibited from representing the NOCSL at any foreign event or international conference.

(dailymirror.lk)

(Except for the headline, this story, originally published by dailymirror.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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